BRANCH SOLUTION

Silo Protect
Fire protection solution for silos and bunkers
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Risk

When wood-based panels are manufactured,

highly combustible material is generated during
the production process and is transported to enclo-
sed silos or bunkers.

Mechanical discharching, conveying or preparation

devices are all potential ignition sources. In the vi-
cinity of the discharge screw conveyers in silos or
at the bearing of the needle rollers in bunkers
friction and overheating of material can cause a
deep seated unrecognisable smouldering fire.

Ignition sources carried in through the feed ope-

ning also present a potential fire risk. This is safely
controlled with our spark detection and
extinguishing system.

Another possible cause of fire is self ignition ari-

sing from the biological decomposition process.

When a concealed, smouldering fire spreads to a

surface area and is exposed to oxygen, it can
quickly develop into an open fire that can destroy
the entire machine. Under certain conditions, it
can even lead to an explosion.

The high concentration of fine particles and car-

bon monoxide, and the often existing high relative
humidity make it difficult to detect incipient fires
inside silos or bunkers.

This volatile combination of high fine particle con-

centration and relative humidity has made early fire
detection extremely difficult up until now.

In the past, only temperature detectors could be

used under these extreme environmental conditi-
ons. These could only detect a fire with an open
flame, which caused considerable delay
in the extinguishing procedure, thus enormously
impeding extinguishing activities.
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BRANCH SOLUTION

firefighting

Solution

In order to early detect this fire risk, a system

has been developed in various pilot plants that Spark detection
meets these special requirements. The HELIOS
Spark extinguishing
AMX5000 aspirating smoke detector, already in
use in other areas, has been successfully applied
Suction tube
here by Minimax using a combination of filters Filter

and dust separators.

The HELIOS AMX5000 aspirating smoke de-

tector continuously takes air samples from the
silo or bunker area. These air samples
are tested for carbon monoxide and smoke par-
ticle content. When several freely adjustable
concentration values are exceeded, an alarm
is activated and a fire extinguishing system
may optionally be triggered.
A specially developed filter removes the large
particles from the air-dust mix that is sucked
into the bunker. The fine particles and water
are then removed in another procedure.
Separator

Extin-
HELIOS guishing
AMX5000 system

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FMZ 5000
Brandmeldesystem
Fire Detection System
Made in Germany
ADVANTAGES
by fire detection

Phased alarm activation

High functional reliability through the use of CO alarm + smoke alarm = fire alarm

multisensors for smoke aerosols and carbon Typical signal pattern during a smouldering fire

Signal level
monoxide
Carbon monoxide build-up GMX5002 CO
Smoke build-up AMX5000
The tried-and-tested system for particle pre-
Conflagration
cipitation, air flow monitoring and function- gas detector

monitored sensors ensure the highest

Alarm threshold
possible reliability Smoke alarm

Aligned with typical disturbance signals CO alarm Smoke detector

through intelligent analysis algorithms

Time
Freely adjustable alarm thresholds available
for signal processing

Integrated self-learning mode in AMX5000

for adaptation to environmental conditions Extinguishing

Robust industrial design
Application in ex-dust zone 20 possible
A blow-through system for filter cleaning
can be integrated into the system
Automatic Minimax firefighting equipment
can be actuated
The FMZ 5000 fire alarm control panel automat-
ically activates the Minimax fire supression
system. Regardless of the fire load in question,
as a company offering a full range of services,
we have both water and gas extinguishing sys-
tem in our portfolio and adapt each individual
system to your requirements. For a completely
safe fire protection.

Printed in Germany

FMZ 5000
AL18e/04.09/2/05.09

4365 Federal Drive

Greensboro, NC 27410
Phone (336) 299-2933
Fax (336) 299-2944
HELIOS AMX5000 www.flamexinc.com

We reserve the right to make technical changes.